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retreatist, n. (and a.)|rɪˈtriːtɪst|
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
1. One who advocates a policy of retreat; a supporter of (military) withdrawal.
a1925Curzon Leaves from Viceroy's Notebk. (1926) iii. 142 The Retreatists would not have these proposals at any price. 1951Times 20 Feb. 4/5 Mr. Wherry and others like him..now dislike being called isolationists, but have been called ‘retreatists’ instead.
2. Sociol. One who has succumbed to retreatism (sense 2).
1957R. K. Merton Social Theory (rev. ed.) v. 189 Retreatists are even more reluctant to enter into new social relations with others than are those described as ‘alienated’. 1960Cloward & Ohlin Delinquency & Opportunity i. 21 These terms..do not necessarily reflect the attitudes of members of the subcultures. Thus the term ‘retreatist’ does not necessarily reflect the attitude of the ‘cat’. 1963T. & P. Morris Pentonville vii. 173 The retreatist rejects both goals and means.
3. attrib. or as adj.
1957R. K. Merton Social Theory (rev. ed.) v. 187 The retreatist pattern consists of the substantial abandoning both of the once-esteemed cultural goals and of institutionalized practices directed toward those goals. 1973Sociol. Rev. XXI. 419 The attitudes and values of people whom they call retreatist, and the immediate conditions under which the response occurs. |